Man who shot self after police chase identified

By Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News :
January 8, 2014

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SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Medical Examiner's office has identified a man who shot himself to death, ending a police chase the day after Christmas as Felix Montelongo-Velazquez, 44.

San Antonio police officers were called before 2:30 a.m. Dec. 26 to a home on the 800 block of Clovis on the South Side for a domestic disturbance with shots fired. Montelongo-Velazquez had been arguing with a woman he lived with for 14 years, but had broken up with about a year ago, according to police.

Montelongo-Velazquez arrived at the woman's house with a long gun and accused the victim of being involved with another man, according to police.

Though the police report said Montelongo-Velazquez never pointed the weapon at the woman, or threatened to kill her, she was scared.

To get Montelongo-Velazquez to leave, she told him children were at the home and they would be frightened.

Montelongo-Velazquez left but came back a short time later and was banging on the door.

When he heard police sirens, he drove away, the report said.

Officers spotted Montelongo-Velazquez's vehicle a couple of blocks away, but he fled when police attempted to stop him, Zuniga said.

The vehicle eventually stopped on Moursund Boulevard near Loop 410.

As officers tried to arrest Montelongo-Velazquez, he opened fire and shot a police vehicle, police said. Officers took cover and then heard another gunshot.

When officers saw nothing in Montelongo-Velazquez's vehicle moving, they approached and discovered he had shot himself in the head, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene just before 3 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.

No officers had fired their weapons and none were injured. Police determined no one had been seriously hurt during the domestic dispute on Clovis.